Privacy & Data

CDT’s Privacy and Data Project explores the changing role of technology in our daily lives, investigating its impact on individuals, communities, and public policy. CDT’s experts identify emerging issues and work with companies and legislators to craft innovative policy and technical solutions.

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State and local governments play an important role in protecting consumer privacy. CDT’s State Privacy Resource Center is a repository of information to help state and local policymakers craft privacy legislation. It includes of tools, as well as examples of issues we’ve been able to help states push forward on.

The data systems that digest and crunch information collected through digital technology are increasingly making important decisions about individuals. CDT is leading the effort to ensure that these decisions do not encode bias.

Modern classrooms across the country have embraced big data and technology to enhance everything from curriculum to school operations. Protecting the privacy of students is at the core of realizing the full potential of EdTech.

Digital products and services have sparked a healthcare revolution. Fine-grained data about a person’s health and wellbeing is fueling new technologies, applications and industries – and privacy questions.